Clara was born July 18, 1921 in Coleman County, one of thirteen children to the late August Ernest and Rose Genz. She was raised in Coleman County where she attended the Santa Anna Schools. On November 24, 1937 Clara married Rachel William Cupps in Santa Anna and they celebrated sixty-three years of marriage. R. W. preceded her in death in 2000. Clara was a lifetime resident of Coleman County where she was a member of the Cleveland Church of Christ and Trickham and Cleveland Quilting Clubs. She was a homemaker and wrote the Cleveland News for Santa Anna News from 1972 to 1982.
Survivors include two daughters, Carolyn and husband Ernest Covey of Lake Brownwood, Texas; Patsy and husband Brown Brooke of Coleman, Texas; one son, Billy Don and wife Diane Cupps of Beaumont, Texas; one sister, Lucille Teeters of Bangs, Texas; nine grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchildren.
Clara was preceded in death by four sisters and seven brothers.
(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, December 27, 2005, page 10.)
Clara was born July 18, 1921 in Coleman County, one of thirteen children to the late August Ernest and Rose Genz. She was raised in Coleman County where she attended the Santa Anna Schools. On November 24, 1937 Clara married Rachel William Cupps in Santa Anna and they celebrated sixty-three years of marriage. R. W. preceded her in death in 2000. Clara was a lifetime resident of Coleman County where she was a member of the Cleveland Church of Christ and Trickham and Cleveland Quilting Clubs. She was a homemaker and wrote the Cleveland News for Santa Anna News from 1972 to 1982.
Survivors include two daughters, Carolyn and husband Ernest Covey of Lake Brownwood, Texas; Patsy and husband Brown Brooke of Coleman, Texas; one son, Billy Don and wife Diane Cupps of Beaumont, Texas; one sister, Lucille Teeters of Bangs, Texas; nine grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchildren.
Clara was preceded in death by four sisters and seven brothers.
(Coleman Chronicle and Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, December 27, 2005, page 10.)
Family Members
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Ernest August Genz
1910–1984
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Mary Josephine Genz Dietz
1912–1988
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Martin Charles Genz
1914–1997
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Ruth Genz Banta
1916–1997
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Marie Mable "Mary Ann" Genz Hellman
1919–1991
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Lucille Genz Teeters
1920–2006
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Elfreda Minnie Genz Mendel
1923–2003
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William George "Billy" Genz
1925–1940
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Reba Ann Genz Smyth
1926–1964
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Hazel Jean Genz Galbreath
1928–1975
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Rebecca Genz
1929–1931
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Herbert Bernard Genz
1931–1991
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